hiya all We have done a day trip out of Cairns today. We were recommended to do a ride on the sky train and cable car so we thought hey why not. We took the train out to Kuranda, it was an old train (see pictures) and it chugged us up the mountain and though the national park. We learnt loads about how the train line was constucted and how many people lost their lives in the construction. We arrived in Kurands and immediately went to the Koala pl...

hiya We have today made our way from Mission Beach to Paronella Park. We had planned to do a trip from Mission Beach (gateway to the WhitSunday islands) but unfortunately it was cancelled at the last minute due to high winds. We stumbled across this place and were about to turn back when we realised we had to pay 20 dollars to get in, we thought it was expensive to go into a national park. The bloke gave us a 2 for 1 special and we got everything but...

Hi from Townsville We have arrived here from Airlie Beach and are staying in another Big 4 caravan park, its really nice and has all the facilities we need. Rob is feeling a little poorly today as he has a bad tummy bug. We are going to drag ourselves out tonight to meet up with Kylie (see picture) We went and met up and had a lovely meal down on the harbourside, its beautiful there at night and reminds me a bit of the marina in Liverpool with the boa...

Hiya from Arlie Beach Its really lovely here, there is a lagoon right in the middle of the shopping area (see photo) its free and people just hang out ( or kick back as the ozzies say) all day, its so chilled. We have both been here for the last 2 mornings and had a swim and sunbathe. We have stayed for the fisrt time in a carvan park, its called the Big 4 and we got a really nice surprise. We have an ensuite cabin, massive swimming pool, tennis cou...

Hi everybody - greetings from the Rainforest ... We've headed off the main highway going North and ended up in the Eungella National Park. We're staying in a 4 bedroom apartment (talk about extravagant !! - no expense spared on this trip !!) which has absolutely amazing views across the valley ...we nearly didn't get here after a massive artic truck had to reverse down a 1 in 3 hill with us behind him - not good !! We went out Platypus spotting last ni...